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cord-275997-4ibeidyw	Goldrick, Barbara A.	The practice of infection control and applied epidemiology: A historical perspective	2005-10-31		.txt	text/plain	5092	268	46	In keeping with its philosophy of quality health care and responsible public reporting, the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc, continues to explore the issue of mandatory reporting of HAIs. The practice of infection control and applied epidemiology: A historical perspective Barbara A. In addition, the current trend toward mandatory reporting of health care-associated infections (HAIs) among several states will add more tasks for ICPs with limited resources, at the risk of spending less time on prevention and control activities. In addition, the current trend toward mandatory reporting of health care-associated infections (HAIs) among several states will add more tasks for ICPs with limited resources, at the risk of spending less time on prevention and control activities. Ninety-five tasks identified in the 1992 PA were organized into 5 major practice dimensions describing the responsibilities of ICPs in the United States and Canada: infectious process, surveillance/epidemiologic investigation, transmission of infection, management and communication, and education 14 (Table 1) ; however, new tasks were added, and outdated tasks were eliminated.	./cache/cord-275997-4ibeidyw.txt	./txt/cord-275997-4ibeidyw.txt